the school superintendent tells abc news in both cases his administrators followed texas law. but they violated their own school policy. which states, spanking a student can only be done by an employee of the same sex. jada says not only was she paddled by a male vice principal it was observed by a male police officer. >> two men giving her a swat behind closed doors that is creepy. >> reporter: ryan owens, abc news, texas. >> the whole thing is crazy. >> the whole thing is crazy. >> not just crazy a man is doing it. it is crazy to allow anyone to hit your child. >> there are people who will disagree. i will have to say -- i agree. crazy the concept. creepy in a smaller way. >> yeah, i just -- listen, the academy of pediatricians has come out against spanking. they say it is not healthy. and i always thought, and i prosecuted cases of child abuse. a lot of them involving spanking. what was interesting to me is if an adult doesn't agree with an adult, and then hits the other adult, that is an assault. but an adult can do that to a child, someone who can't even protect themselve